Happy Heavenly Father’s Day, Daddy
Dear Daddy, For the past several years, I have been in excruciating pain on this day. Recently, a friend gave me good advice. "Have you prayed for God's peace?" she…
Reflected in the clouds
Future Memory and Using Poetry to Process Emotion
THE POEM Future Memoryby Kelly Hanwright Ive seen her again The ghost of a child running around this place in the yard An outcast with tangled hair and half a…
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in your Writing
A lot of people struggle with what's known as imposter syndrome. That's where despite your own knowledge and qualification, you still feel deficient in some way to be writing about…
Celebrating the Catalyst of my World
This coming Tuesday is the anniversary of the day my life changed forever when I married the man of my dreams and didn't even know it yet. When I came…
For Daughters of Trauma Moms
Mother's Day is this weekend and it's going to hurt like a bitch. I want to send this one out to all the daughters whose mothers left them with scars…
Letter to Schizophrenia
Letter to Schizophrenia from The Locust Years by Kelly Hanwright Sometimes I want to Ripdoors off their hinges Smashall the windows Crawlthrough blood Spurtingout my arteries. Red rage will keep…
Easter Storm
Image: Canva Easter Storm Easter morning.I feel it coming like the rumblingof a tombstone smashing into a skullthat symbolized death; a Sun rising likethe voices of 10,000angels chanting Holy, Holy,…
My first blackout poem!
Hello friends, for a change, here is my first ever attempt at a blackout poem (also called erasure poem)! I did this in a Chattanooga Writers' Guild workshop recently. I…
Road to Healing by Kelly Hanwright
When you feel like you’re not healing – You still are
Ever get annoyed with all the extra work it seems like you have to do to stay mentally healthy? I know I do. I get frustrated. I've been in that…
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Using music to burn off negative energy
Bet you didn't know - when I'm feeling angry, I listen to rap. And I don't mean TobyMac. I'm talking serious old-school gangsta rap. Why? Here, I'll break it down…